Deep Diving the Creeds: An invitation from Ascension Lutheran Church

“We believe in” ... familiar words to Lutherans, said every Sunday. Some learned them as teens in confirmation, others in preparation for adult baptism.

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“We believe in” ... familiar words to Lutherans, said every Sunday. Some learned them as teens in confirmation, others in preparation for adult baptism.

The Apostles’ Creed.

The Nicene Creed.

Where did they come from? What do the words really mean? To Lutherans? To you?

The congregation of Ascension Lutheran, 300 N. Lafayette St., Shelby, invites the public to come and learn more about the familiar statements of Christian belief.

A four-session class on the Creeds will be led by Lutheran scholar Harold Jefferies in the Ascension Fellowship Hall on Wednesdays — Sept. 11, 18, 25 and Oct. 2. The class will start at 7 p.m. Each one-hour session will be followed by a 30-minute craft-making and fellowship time.

While most Lutherans learned the Creeds as young people, Jefferies said, mature adults bring more questions to their faith. Jefferies is an engaging teacher who developed this four-part series on the Creeds. He has presented lectures and led discussion on the Creeds for other Lutheran groups in North Carolina. A resident of Granite Falls, he holds bachelor of science and bachelor of arts. degrees in interdisciplinary studies from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. He is a 1991 graduate of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, where he earned a master of divinity degree. At the seminary, he received the Greek-English New Testament Award and served as an assistant instructor in Greek. From 1991 until 2002, he served in the South Carolina Synod as an ordained minister, then moved into social work. He is a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Blowing Rock, where he continues to lead worship, preach, sing in the choir, play the organ and teach.

To register, send your name to Ascensionsecof@bellsouth.net by Wednesday.